SRPS Railtours is organising steam specials on each Sunday in August 2019.
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Category: Diesel
From the archive: The big bird that flew too far
As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’!
Read more1960s Railtours with a difference
Keith Farr takes a nostalgic look at some notable steam rail tours from the 1960s
Read moreFleet Focus: Britain’s new trains
Exciting times are ahead as the first trains of two new fleets entered service during April and May.
Read morePaddington hosts HST farewell
After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.
Read more‘Azumas’ in service – LNER outlines service changes
MAY 15 was an historic day for state-backed train operator LNER, which introduced the new Hitachi Class 800 ‘Azuma’ on its first revenue-earning service from London King’s Cross to Leeds and Hull. The previous day,
Read moreWrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming
Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival‘. The signs were officially dedicated on the morning
Read moreGB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle
This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.
Read moreBLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’
No fewer than four rarely visited freight installations in Yorkshire will be explored by the Branch Line Society on July 20.
Read moreVossloh delivers new ‘DE18’ locos across Europe
LOCOMOTIVE builder Vossloh, which opened a new factory in Kiel-Suchsdorf in northern Germany last year, is building up to 50 new diesel locos a year. Currently, all those being built are its new four-axle ‘DE18’ design.
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